Orvin

Where Orvin comes from

The dictionaries list Orvin as a given name — a male given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

Along the way
  1. 1890
    First appearance
    #994 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1917
    Peak, #964
    45 babies named Orvin — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1918
    Orvin B. Fjare born
    American politician
  4. 1932
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,716.
  5. 1977
    Orvin Cabrera born
    Honduran footballer
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Orvin B. Fjare · American politician, 1918–2011
  • Orvin Cabrera · Honduran footballer, 1977–2010

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.